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Old Mon May 12, 2008, 10:57am
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Agreed. But, you (and I) work only HS varsity and above -- and a runner would be "stupid" to try to advance on this type of play.

Someone above posted something like "when I coached youth ball, we taught the runners to do this" -- at the 12U level, it's probably "good" offense to try to advance here.

so, the "right" answer might depend on the game being played.
A very reasonable and appropriate response, Bob. Sometimes I do only think about the games I work, I guess. I certainly don't want a runner sliding into the plate while I'm cleaning it